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Higher education study skills literature handouts
Shakespeare or Tupac Interactive Bulletin Board and Anticipatory Activity
Who wrote it: rapper Tupac Shakur or William Shakespeare? Your students will have so much fun trying to decide whether the quote is from a Shakespeare play or lyrics from Tupac (aka 2Pac)! You can use the interactive bulletin board display OR the student handouts and presentation as an anticipatory set before ANY Shakespeare unit to get your students excited about and interested in Shakespeare.The zipped bundle includes a 42-page PDF for the interactive bulletin board, a 2-page PDF student hando
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Interactive Bulletin Board Bundle: Is it a Musician or a Famous Poet?
Catcher in the Rye Chapter Questions, Salinger, Study Guide, PDF & Google Drive
Use these chapter questions covering J.D. Salinger’s classic American novel, The Catcher in the Rye, to pull your students into the text and inspire them to think deeply about Salinger’s themes and the character of Holden Caulfield.This packet includes 12 pages of student handouts with detailed questions (plot points, inference, and personal connections) covering all 26 chapters of Holden’s three-day journey around New York City. A separate 11-page detailed answer key is also included, of course
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Macbeth FUN Personality Quiz - Pre-Reading Activity
Fun personality test to introduce students to the characters in Macbeth. Based on the format of personality quizzes that students have most likely done in their free time online or in magazines, this personality quiz has answers that align with one of five major characters in the play Macbeth (Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Duncan, The Witches). This quiz is a fun way to have students find similarities with the characters in order to peak their interest, and to see how these characters are not o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Organizational Skills and Time Management and Study Skills Activities Bundle
These activities are perfect for teens and young adults to explore and learn organizational, time management, and note taking skills. This bundle includes interactive hands-on activities with step-by-step instructions, an organization survey, multiple tips, worksheets, and much more to keep your students organized and less stressed as they navigate their many responsibilities.This resource includes:Step-by-step activity directionsHow Organized Are You? SurveyAnswer KeysOrganization and Study Ski
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Activities and Handouts for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This is a 140-page bundle of assorted handouts and activities for the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a great young adult novel about The Holocaust. There is also a film adaptation but the endings are slightly different. This is a great book to introduce a horrible time-period in history to a young audience. Items included in this unit:✤ Anticipation Guide✤ Study Guide Questions for all 20 chapters with answers✤ Character Descriptions ✤ Two D
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
Antigone Unit Sophocles Greek Tragedy Activities Bundle
Make the plot, language, and themes of this Ancient Greek tragedy accessible and relevant to your students. Over 230 PPT slides, 200 printable pages, and 55 different engaging common core activities bring this great play to life in the classroom. For a close look at the Antigone activities, view the preview. This detailed Antigone unit facilitates a deep analysis of the play within the following categories:1) Introduction to the Origins of Greek Tragedy2) Preview of the Oedipus Myth3) Indirect
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Murder Mystery - Solve two murder mysteries by Agatha Christie
This download contains two murder mysteries written by Agatha Christie broken down to clues and testimonies so the students can try to solve them.
The mysteries included are:
1. Sparkling Cyanide
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 26 clues
2. After the Funeral
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 8 testimonies to infer information from
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Margin Feedback Slips BUNDLE
Margin Feedback Slips [EDITABLE]This ORIGINAL concept allows for: quick, specific and timely feedback.Instructions for print: Print coloured margin feedback slips onto white paper OR,Print black & white slips onto coloured paperCut margin feedback slips into stripsGlue margin feedback slip onto the margin of workbooksTick during or after the learning sessionThe Margin Feedback Slips are designed to fit into the margin of a student workbook. They are best suited to an A4 workbook, or when pri
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
Activities and Handouts for Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
You will find an assortment of activities and handouts to use with the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in this unit. There are 163 pages total in this unit. The files are neatly organized into folders.Items included in this unit:✤Study guide questions with answers for the entire novel✤ Four vocabulary lists with definitions- one for each section of the book✤ A Critical Lens Essay (New York State Regents Exam essay)✤ An activity in which you compare a passage from Speak with a poem by Maya A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
Activities and Handouts for the Play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
In this unit you will find assorted handouts, activities and assessments for the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. There are 145 pages of materials including:✤ Study Guide Questions for the whole play with Suggested Answers✤ Vocabulary Lists with definitions (One list for each act)✤ Act One Test (40 Questions: Matching, Multiple Choice, True/False and Fill-in) with answers✤ Act Two Test (35 Questions: Matching, Fill-in and True/False) with answers✤ Act Three Quiz (7 Multiple Choice
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: American Literature Bundle
Time Management - Assessment and Scheduling Activities for Middle & High School
Middle and high school students often struggle to manage their time. Through the use of a blank daily schedule, along with an interactive worksheet, students will be able to see a visual representation of how they spend their time throughout the day. This hands-on resource also includes a reflection worksheet to help students assess how their time is being allocated and to assist them in developing a plan to better manage their time. This resource includes:2 Interactive Activities3 WorksheetsDi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Symbolism at a Glance, Symbolism Cheat Sheet, Symbols Literary Analysis Writing
Help students feel more confident when they analyze literature with this one-page “Symbolism at a Glance” reference handout. How to use: Let students know this handout will serve as a guide to help them decode symbols that writers regularly use in literature. (I call it a “symbolism cheat sheet,” though you might not like that description.) After giving students a few minutes to look over the chart, ask them what other well-known symbols could be added to the sheet? What symbols have they notice
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide Questions and Comprehension Crossword Puzzles
Engage your students while reading Fahrenheit 451 with these reading questions and fun review crossword puzzles! This Fahrenheit 451 teaching resource includes three sets of reading questions and three crossword puzzles (one for each part of the book) that cover the entire novel.The study guide questions are challenging and engaging, and they are also written in sequential order so that students can follow along during your Fahrenheit 451 novel study. Some of the questions are multi-faceted, and
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Fahrenheit 451 Teaching Unit and Novel Study
Essay Writing Guide: 5 Paragraphs & Beyond
A complete essay writing handout/guide for high school students (and feisty middle school students), in a digital and ready to print booklet!This Booklet includes:A Quick Reference Sheet for basic essay structureDetailed explanations of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs, including diagrams and descriptions of every partExamples of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs, with each of their sentences/parts highlightedA basic sample essay for students to analyze (different from t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Job Interview Bundle - NO PREP lesson plans, distance learning - SPED HS
Job interviewing is by far the most fun, and one of the most useful units we use each year. It doesn't end there. I find myself pulling out these handouts throughout the year, as students start to apply for jobs and need refreshers. Even students who do not take my class come to talk shop and we use the handouts to talk about common job interview questions often. NOTE: This is part of a grander unit, "What I Wish I'd Learned in School: The Complete Series Bundle. Buy the bundle and save! This i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Complete Series Bundle 23-24
Frankenstein Unit Plan for AP Literature and Composition
Frankenstein is an iconic text. And it is one that students love. They love the conflict and the science fiction and the Gothic. This unit builds on the schools of literary criticism which I introduce earlier in the year (however, the way the assignments are developed, you could do all of them without previously introducing any of them). It incorporates historical criticism with an introduction to the Romantic Period though poetry. It incorporate ethical criticism first through looking at
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Big AP Literature and Composition Bundle
Shakespeare's Hamlet FOUR Soliloquy Close Reading Worksheets, Activities
Help your students make sense of Hamlet's four major soliloquies in William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, with these close-reading activities. Students respond to a statement based on the soliloquy stating whether they agree or disagree and find evidence from the soliloquy to support their claim. A copy of each soliloquy is included.The soliloquies covered are: "O, that this too too solid flesh" (1.2)"Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" (2.2)"To be or not to be --" (3.1)"How all occasions do
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Great Gatsby Setting Map Project - Includes Worksheet, Template & Samples!
Help your students make sense of the geographical setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, with this close-reading setting map project and worksheet. Using the map template, students label the select locations on the map, adding textual evidence and creating a small symbol representative of the area.
This activity can be used after reading Chapter 2 or once your class has completed the novel. Samples of student work are provided.
Want more engaging materials for The Great Gats
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Wave" - Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser - Complete Teaching BUNDLE + ANSWERS
This bundle includes all my worksheets, handouts and other teaching materials to teach the iconic novel The Wave by Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser. The bundle includes:Pre-Reading Activity (thought-provoking, contextualized worksheet)Context Handout / Newspaper Article: Freedom of Speech & Political Correctness Reading Log & Chapter-by-Chapter Comprehension Questions (all chapters) NEW! - Detailed, COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER KEY + TEACHER'S GUIDE for every chapter and all the questions!The Stanle
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Activities and Handouts for A Child Called "IT"
Enclosed you will find activities and handouts for teaching the memoir A Child Called IT by David Pelzer. There are 80 pages and a 22 slide PowerPoint in this packet. I have found that even my reluctant readers really get into this book. It is one of the few books that every student will want to read and many will finish it before you ask them to. Included are:✤ 22 slide PowerPoint Presentation about Child Abuse✤ Background Information about Child Abuse✤ Test Your Knowledge About Child Abuse Qui
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
The Crucible Characterization Activity -- Worksheets, Bell-Ringers
Freshen up your lesson plans and help your students begin to analyze the characters in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. Students analyze the given prompts based on the text to determine what it suggests about the character.
Character included are:
Abigail Williams
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
Tituba
Deputy Governor Danforth
Reverend John Hale
Use these worksheets as a quick group activity (each group takes a different character), as bell-ringers or exit slips, or even as a qu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Trifles Susan Glaspell Unit Analysis Lesson Plans Questions Answer Keys Rubric
Susan Glaspell's Trifles is a wonderful one act play that helps students learn about gender roles and stereotypes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trifles, first produced in 1916, themes and topics are still just as applicable as they were in 1916. Trifles is an excellent resource to use to hone skills with characterization, theme, motif, mood and tone and symbolism. Furthermore, in a society of social alone-ness, this unit gets students thinking about the destruction of isolation
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dante's Inferno Individual Notes Pages PDF
This is a collection of individual notes pages for teaching Dante's Inferno. Each Canto of Inferno is given its own page packed with information taken from the poem.The notes pages not only summarize the plot of the text, but also explain literary devices as well as ask students to reflect and to think ahead. Additionally, each page demonstrates MLA citations and a Works Cited list, perfect for reinforcing these concepts with students.These notes pages are included in PDF format, perfect for pri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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